2015 World Team Championships in progress!

Mariya Muzychuk in her first tournament since winning the women’s championships two weeks ago. Photo by Anastasia Kharlovich.

The World Team Championship and the World Women’s Team Championships are being concurrently held in different countries in a 10-team round robin format. These teams qualified from their positions in respective continental championships and features among the top teams in the world. While there are many missing top players in both tournaments, there will be fierce competition for gold.

Many of these teams have vied for medals in past Olympiad tournaments and are no less motivated for the World Team titles. The tournament is held of the off-year of the Olympiad and the 2013 defending champions are Russia and the Ukraine. Russia will be led by Alexander Grischuk and the Ukrainian will be led by Women’s World Champion Mariya Muzychuk.

Will China repeat its Olympiad magic at the World Team?
Photo by Daaim Shabazz.

2015 World Team Championship
April 18th-29th, 2015 (Tsaghkadzor, Armenia)
Russia (2760)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Grischuk, Alexander 2794
2 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2757
3 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 2745
4 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2744
5 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 2736
Ukraine (2719)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2713
2 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2731
3 GM Eljanov, Pavel 2733
4 GM Kryvoruchko, Yuriy 2686
5 GM Moiseenko, Alexander 2697
China (2715)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Ding Liren 2751
2 GM Yu Yangyi 2724
3 GM Xiangzhi, Bu 2681
4 GM Wei Yi 2703
5 IM Wang Chen 2531
Hungary (2693)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Leko, Peter 2713
2 GM Erdos, Viktor 2612
3 GM Almasi, Zoltan 2698
4 GM Rapport, Richard 2710
5 GM Balogh, Csaba 2651
Armenia (2691)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Aronian, Levon 2801
2 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 2676
3 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2700
4 GM Akopian, Vladmir 2681
5 GM Melkumyan, Hrant 2651
Israel (2676)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Gelfand, Boris 2747
2 GM Sutovsky, Emil 2628
3 GM Yilmaz, Mustafa 2577
4 GM Esen, Baris 2565
5 GM Can, Emre 2519
Cuba (2665)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Dominguez, Perez Leinier 2729
2 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2691
3 GM Quesada Perez Yuniesky 2629
4 GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo 2612
5 GM Gonzalez Vidal Yuri 2557
USA (2647)
#
Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Shankland, Samuel 2661
2 GM Lenderman, Aleksandr 2617
3 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2665
4 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2625
5 GM Naroditsky, Daniel 2640
India (2645)
#
Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Harikrishna, Pentala 2731
2 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2634
3 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2654
4 GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2630
5 GM Sengupta, Deep 2576
Egypt (2548)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Amin, Bassem 2652
2 GM Shoker, Samy 2482
3 IM Ezat, Mohamed 2479
4 GM Adly, Ahmed 2595
5 IM Farahat, Ali 2389
Official Site

2015 Women’s World Team Championship
April 18th-29th 2015 (Chengdu, China)
Russia (2490)
#
Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2529
2 GM Gunina, Valentina 2532
3 WGM Girya, Olga 2464
4 WGM Pogonina, Natalija 2721
5 GM Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2473
Ukraine (2483)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Muzychuk, Anna 2522
2 GM Muzychuk, Mariya 2526
3 GM Ushenina, Anna 2486
4 GM Zhukova, Natalia 2471
5 IM Gaponenko, Inna 2384
China (2476)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Ju Wenjun 2557
2 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2487
3 IM Shen Yang 2459
4 WGM Lei Tingjie 2444
5 WGM Ding Yixin 2434
Georgia (2460)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Khotenashvili, Bela 2513
2 IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2481
3 IM Melia, Salome 2459
4 IM Batsiashvili, Nino 2473
5 IM Arabidze, Meri 2374
India (2444)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Koneru, Humpy 2581
2 GM Harika, Dronavalli 2492
3 WGM Padmini, Rout 2446
4 WGM Gomes, Mary Ann 2354
5 WGM Soumya, Swaminathan 2347
Poland (2391)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Socko, Monika 2463
2 WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2422
3 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2414
4 WGM Bartel, Marta 2350
5 WGM Kulon, Klaudia 2310
Armenia (2334)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 GM Danielian, Elina 2488
2 IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2442
3 WGM Kursova, Maria 2290
4 IM Galojan, Lilit 2277
5 Gaboyan, Susanna 2175
Kazakhstan (2313)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 WGM Saduakassova, Dinara 2393
2 WGM Abdumalik, Zhansaya 2411
3 WGM Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan 2329
4 WIM Dauletova, Gulmira 2201
5 WIM Davletbayeva, Madina 2231
USA (2247)
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Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev 2301
2 WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 2235
3 WGM Nemcova, Katerina 2279
4 FM Melekhina, Alisa 2235
5 WIM Ni, Viktorija 2188
Egypt (2098)
#
Title
Name
Rating
Flag
1 WGM Mona, Khaled 2125
2 WGM Wafa, Shrook 2058
3 WIM Moaataz, Ayah 2022
4 WIM Wafa, Shahenda 2118
5 WIM Sherif, Amina 1971
Official Site

13 Comments

  1. Round #1 (19 April 2015)
    The Ukraine tops Russia… shocking results in women’s field!

    Levon Aronian leads the host nation, Armenia.
    (Photo from https://wtcc2015.am/?lang=en/)

    2015 World Team Championship
    April 18th-29th, 2015 (Tsaghkadzor, Armenia)
    Round #1
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    1.1 Egypt
    2548 1-3 India
    2645
    1.2 Israel
    2676 2½-1½ Armenia
    2691
    1.3 Ukraine
    2719 2½-1½ Russia
    2760
    1.4 Cuba
    2665 2-2 Hungary
    2693
    1.5 China
    2715 2½-1½ USA
    2647
    Games

    2015 World Women’s Team Championship
    April 18th-29th 2015 (Chengdu, China)
    Round #1
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    1.1 Kazakhstan
    2313 2½-1½ India
    2444
    1.2 Ukraine
    2483 ½-3½ Poland
    2391
    1.3 USA
    2247 3-1 Egypt
    2098
    1.4 Georgia
    2460 2-2 Russia
    2490
    1.5 Armenia
    2334 1-3 China
    2476
    Games

  2. Round #2 (20 April 2015)
    Russia drops another… Georgia leads women’s field)

    Russia is in big trouble dropping second match in a row.
    Photo from https://wtcc2015.am/?lang=en/.

    2015 World Team Championship
    April 18th-29th, 2015 (Tsaghkadzor, Armenia)
    Round #2
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    2.1 India
    2645 2-2 USA
    2647
    2.2 Hungary
    2693 2-2 China
    2715
    2.3 Russia
    2760 1½-2½ Cuba
    2665
    2.4 Armenia
    2691 2½-1½ Ukraine
    2719
    2.5 Egypt
    2548 2-2 Israel
    2676
    Games

    Alisa Melekhina delivered a scintillating mate.
    Photo by Liu Yunpeng.

    2015 World Women’s Team Championship
    April 18th-29th 2015 (Chengdu, China)
    Round #2
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    2.1 India
    2444 2-2 China
    2476
    2.2 Russia
    2490 2-2 Armenia
    2334
    2.3 Egypt
    2098 0-4 Georgia
    2460
    2.4 Poland
    2391 2-2 USA
    2247
    2.5 Kazakhstan
    2313 ½-3½ Ukraine
    2483
    Games

  3. Round #3 (21 April 2015)
    Cuba beats Armenia, moves into first with Israel!
    Russia beats China… again.

    Leinier Dominguez leads the strong Cuban side.
    Photo from https://wtcc2015.am/?lang=en/.

    2015 World Team Championship
    April 18th-29th, 2015 (Tsaghkadzor, Armenia)
    Round #3
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    3.1 Israel
    2676 3½-½ India
    2645
    3.2 Ukraine
    2719 4-0 Egypt
    2548
    3.3 Cuba
    2665 2½-1½ Armenia
    2691
    3.4 China
    2715 2-2 Russia
    2760
    3.5 USA
    2647 1½-2½ Hungary
    2693
    Games

    Wafa Shrook’s win over Sunsana Gaboyan was bright spot for Egypt.
    Photo by Liu Yunpeng.

    2015 World Women’s Team Championship
    April 18th-29th 2015 (Chengdu, China)
    Round #3
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    3.1 Ukraine
    2483 2-2 India
    2444
    3.2 USA
    2247 2-2 Kazakhstan
    2313
    3.3 Georgia
    2460 2½-1½ Poland
    2391
    3.4 Armenia
    2334 3-1 Egypt
    2098
    3.5 China
    2476 1-3 Russia
    2490
    Games

  4. Round #4 (22 April 2015)
    Cuban men, Georgian women still holding on to leads.

    2015 World Team Championship
    April 18th-29th, 2015 (Tsaghkadzor, Armenia)
    Round #4
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    4.1 India
    2645 2½-1½ Hungary
    2693
    4.2 Russia
    2760 2-2 USA
    2647
    4.3 Armenia
    2691 ½-3½ China
    2715
    4.4 Egypt
    2548 1-3 Cuba
    2665
    4.5 Israel
    2676 1½-2½ Ukraine
    2719
    Games

    Beautiful portrait of WGM Guliskhan Nakhbayeva of Kazakhstan.
    Photo by Liu Yunpeng.

    2015 World Women’s Team Championship
    April 18th-29th 2015 (Chengdu, China)
    Round #4
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    4.1 India
    2444 1½-2½ Russia
    2490
    4.2 Egypt
    2098 0-4 China
    2476
    4.3 Poland
    2391 1½-2½ Armenia
    2334
    4.4 Kazakhstan
    2313 1-3 Georgia
    2460
    4.5 Ukraine
    2483 3-1 USA
    2247
    Games

  5. Round #5 (23 April 2015)
    Chinese men making a move… in dead heat with the Ukraine
    Russian women on the heels of Georgia

    2015 World Team Championship
    April 18th-29th, 2015 (Tsaghkadzor, Armenia)
    Round #5
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    5.1 Ukraine
    2719 2½-1½ India
    2645
    5.2 Cuba
    2665 1½-2½ Israel
    2676
    5.3 China
    2715 2½-1½ Egypt
    2548
    5.4 USA
    2647 1½-2½ Armenia
    2691
    5.5 Hungary
    2693 ½-3½ Russia
    2760
    Games

    Georgia vs. Ukraine
    Photo by Anastasia Kharlovich.

    2015 World Women’s Team Championship
    April 18th-29th 2015 (Chengdu, China)
    Round #5
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    5.1 USA
    2247 1-3 India
    2444
    5.2 Georgia
    2460 2½-1½ Ukraine
    2483
    5.3 Armenia
    2334 2-2 Kazakhstan
    2313
    5.4 China
    2476 3-1 Poland
    2391
    5.5 Russia
    2490 4-0 Egypt
    2098
    Games

  6. Round #6 (25 April 2015)
    Wei Yi saves China’s chances at gold… Georgia continues march!

    GM Wei Yi, China’s future.
    Photo by Arman Karakhanyan.

    2015 World Team Championship
    April 18th-29th, 2015 (Tsaghkadzor, Armenia)
    Round #6
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    6.1 India
    2444 1½-2½ Russia
    2490
    6.2 Armenia
    2691 2-2 Hungary
    2693
    6.3 Egypt
    2548 1-3 USA
    2647
    6.4 Israel
    2676 1½-2½ China
    2715
    6.5 Ukraine
    2719 2½-1½ Cuba
    2665
    Games

    Kazahkstan holds powerhouse China.

    Has China tried too many different lineups over the years?
    Chemistry seems to be lacking. Photos by Anastasia Kharlovich.

    2015 World Women’s Team Championship
    April 18th-29th 2015 (Chengdu, China)
    Round #6
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    6.1 India
    2444 0-4 Egypt
    2098
    6.2 Poland
    2391 ½-3½ Russia
    2490
    6.3 Kazakhstan
    2313 2-2 China
    2476
    6.4 Ukraine
    2483 2½-1½ Armenia
    2334
    6.5 USA
    2247 1-3 Georgia
    2460
    Games

  7. Round #7 (26 April 2015)
    China still competing for medals in both events!

    India won today, but has not been able to recapture the magic of the Tromso Olympiad. Photo by Arman Karakhanyan.

    2015 World Team Championship
    April 18th-29th, 2015 (Tsaghkadzor, Armenia)
    Round #7
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    7.1 Cuba
    2665 1½-2½ India
    2444
    7.2 Ukraine
    2719 2-2 China
    2715
    7.3 USA
    2647 2½-1½ Israel
    2676
    7.4 Hungary
    2693 2½-1½ Egypt
    2548
    7.5 Russia
    2490 1½-2½ Armenia
    2691
    Games

    Bela Khotenashvili has lead the Georgians in their quest for gold.
    Photo by Liu Yunpeng.

    2015 World Women’s Team Championship
    April 18th-29th 2015 (Chengdu, China)
    Round #7
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    7.1 Georgia
    2460 2½-1½ India
    2444
    7.2 Armenia
    2334 2-2 USA
    2247
    7.3 China
    2476 2-2 Ukraine
    2483
    7.4 Russia
    2490 2-2 Kazakhstan
    2313
    7.5 Egypt
    2098 1-3 Poland
    2391
    Games

  8. Round #8 (27 April 2015)
    Armenia inches closer… Georgian women clinches at least silver!

    Will Gabriel Sargissian’s Armenia be able to work any Olympiad magic? Photo by Arman Karakhanyan.

    2015 World Team Championship
    April 18th-29th, 2015 (Tsaghkadzor, Armenia)
    Round #8
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    8.1 India
    2444 1½-2½ Armenia
    2691
    8.2 Egypt
    2548 ½-3½ Russia
    2490
    8.3 Israel
    2676 2-2 Hungary
    2693
    8.4 Ukraine
    2719 1½-2½ USA
    2647
    8.5 Cuba
    2665 1-3 China
    2715
    Games

    In USA-China, the American team was pummelled in the penultimate round.
    China seems poised to join the medal stand.
    Photo by Liu Yunpeng.

    Is Padmini Rout India’s next star?
    Photo by Liu Yunpeng.

    2015 World Women’s Team Championship
    April 18th-29th 2015 (Chengdu, China)
    Round #8
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    8.1 India
    2444 3½-½ Poland
    2391
    8.2 Kazakhstan
    2313 3½-½ Egypt
    2098
    8.3 Ukraine
    2483 1½-2½ Russia
    2490
    8.4 USA
    2247 ½-3½ China
    2476
    8.5 Georgia
    2460 3-1 Armenia
    2334
    Games

  9. Round #9 (28 April 2015)
    China (men), Georgia (women) take gold!

    2015 World Team Championship
    April 18th-29th, 2015 (Tsaghkadzor, Armenia)
    Round #9
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    9.1 China
    2715 3-1 India
    2444
    9.2 USA
    2647 3-1 Cuba
    2665
    9.3 Hungary
    2693 2-2 Ukraine
    2719
    9.4 Russia
    2490 2½-1½ Israel
    2676
    9.5 Armenia
    2691 2½-1½ Egypt
    2548
    Games

    2015 World Women’s Team Championship
    April 18th-29th 2015 (Chengdu, China)
    Round #9
    #
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    Result
    Name
    Flag
    Rating
    9.1 Armenia
    2334 1-3 India
    2444
    9.2 China
    2476 1½-2½ Georgia
    2460
    9.3 Russia
    2490 3½-½ USA
    2247
    9.4 Egypt
    2098 ½-3½ Ukraine
    2483
    9.5 Poland
    2391 2-2 Kazakhstan
    2313
    Games

  10. 2015 World Team Championship
    April 18th-29th, 2015 (Tsaghkadzor, Armenia)
    FINAL STANDINGS
    Rank Team Gam. + = MP Pts.
    1 China 9 6 3 0 15 23
    2 Ukraine 9 5 2 2 12 21
    3 Armenia 9 5 1 3 11 18
    4 Russia 9 4 2 3 10 20½
    5 USA 9 4 2 3 10 19½
    6 Hungary 9 2 5 2 9 17
    7 Israel 9 3 2 4 8 18½
    8 Cuba 9 3 1 5 7 16½
    9 India 9 3 1 5 7 16
    10 Egypt 9 0 1 8 1 10
    Official Site

    Teams receive two points for a match win, one for a draw and zero for a loss

    2015 World Women’s Team Championship
    April 18th-29th 2015 (Chengdu, China)
    FINAL STANDINGS
    Rank Team Gam. + = MP Pts.
    1 GEORGIA 9 8 1 0 17 25
    2 RUSSIA 9 6 3 0 15 25
    3 CHINA 9 4 3 2 11 22
    4 INDIA 9 4 2 3 10 22
    5 UKRAINE 9 4 2 3 10 20
    6 KAZAKHSTAN 9 2 5 2 9 17½
    7 ARMENIA 9 2 3 4 7 16
    8 POLAND 9 2 2 5 6 15½
    9 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 9 1 3 5 5 13
    10 EGYPT 9 0 0 9 0 4
    Official Site

    Teams receive two points for a match win, one for a draw and zero for a loss

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